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( b ) In addition there was constituted in 1909 
in the Colony an Education Board, com- 
posed of four official and four unofficial 
members, with the following functions 
(i) to determine the amount of fees to 
be charged in Government schools, 
and to receive all such fees; 
(ii) to submit to Government the 
Annual Estimates for educational 
purposes and to make recommenda- 
tions thereon; 
(iii) to advise the Government as to the 
purposes for which moneys devoted 
to education should be expended 
and upon any matters connected 
with education which may from 
time to time be referred to it by 
the Governor. 
( c ) This Board also receives the proceeds of 
an education rate of 2 % on property in 
municipalities and 1% on property in 
rural areas. 
In the Federated Malay States the , only 
education rate levied is a 1% rate on 
property in Sanitary Board areas, which 
is intended as a contribution towards the 
cost of English education in those areas. 
( d ) Education in all Government vernacular 
schools is free. ,The fees charged in Eng- 
lish schools run normally from $2 to $3 
a month. There are no entrance fees. 
Free places are given to many Malays and 
to certain classes of poor pupils of other 
races. There are also some scholarships. 
